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No. 455,537. Patented July 7,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

JOSEPH B. MORRIS, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THEODORE S. WILLIAMSON, OF SAME PLACE.

METALLICy RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent NO. 455,537, dated July 7, 1891. Application filed December 5, 1890. Serial No. 373,698. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.- Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. MORRIS, a

citizen ot the United States, residing in the city of Chester, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metallic Railway-Ties and Rail-Fastenings, of which invention the following is a specification.

My invention relates to metallic railwayties, whether cast or rolled or otherwise wrought. .y

It consists of devices whereby the rails are securely fastened 'down onto the-ties, this re-V sult being in part effected by lugs and mortised dovetail projections forming integral portions of the tie, said lugs and dovetails working conjunctively with detachable fastenings, as below'fully described.

. In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a top view of said tie and fastening devices as used at rail-joints-t'. e., where the ends of two adjacent rails meet or abut. Fig. .2 is a side view of the same, the rails being shown in end elevation; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the same on the line :c Vof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side view of two abutting or adjacent rails n and of a fish-plate, including an end view of a tie with its mortised dovetaih ratcheted lock-bar, and spring-clamp. Figs. g 5 and 6 are vertical cross-sections of the tie, .respectively on lines y 'y and e' z of Fig. 1. Figs. 7, 8, 9, and l0 are intended to show the lugs and rateheted lock-bars a little varied in form to suit the case of ties laid intermediately between railjoints. The last mentioned views are in all other respects similar to Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4. Fig. l1 is a horizontal section through the web of two adjacent rails,

taken on the line w w of Fig. 4, and showing the fish-plates with dowels, the latter occupying mortises or holes in the webs of the r ils.

ELSimilar letters refer to similar parts throughout the Several views.

a represents the tie, b lugs, and c dovetails, all formed on or in the top of the tie integral therewith, the d ovetalls c be1ng respectively provided with a mortise d,.F1gs. 3, 4, and 5.

e and e represent adjacent rails coming together, as usual, at f and forming a continuous line.

g, Figs. 2, 3, 4, and ll, represents fish-plates provided with dowels 7 vl represents detachable lock-bars, the body of each of which occupies one of the mortises d. The heads of the lock-bars t' bear on the bases of the rails, respectively, and abut against the exterior fish-plates g at the railjoints f. The look-bars t' are provided with the ratchet-teeth j.

k represents spring; clamps, the turneddownsidesof which "(see Figs. l, 2, and 4) embrace the sides of the dovetails c, the outer ends of the clamps forming detents or pawls, which engage the ratchet-teeth j. It will be seen that the heads of said lugs b and the heads of said lock-bars i are enlarged and caused to extend almost up to the heads of the rails, abutting, respectively, against the inside and outside fish-plates g. The heads of lugs b and the heads of lock-bars t' have this enlarged form when'they are intended .to be used with fish-plates at rail-joints.

As respects those ties which are intended for use intermediately between rail-joints, the heads of lugs Z), as well as t-he heads of lock-bars t' to be used with such intermediate ties, are made without enlargement, as shownin Figs. 7, 8, and 9, said heads bearing on the 8o bases without extending up the webs of the rails. These ties having been laid acrossthe road-bed in the usual way, using the ties represented in Fig. l at the rail-joints and those represented in Fig. 7 intermediately, the 8 5 rails are laid upon them. The inside fishplates g are then inserted and the flange or inside of the base ofY each of the adjacent rails is driven under lugs b. The outside ish-plates g are next applied. Y 1l are then placed in the mortises d, bringing the heads of these bars against the rail-base or outside {ish-plates g. la are then applied to the outer ends of dovetails c'and driven up toward the rails until the heads of lock-bars t' are caused to abut firmly against the fish-plates g, or in the case of intermediate ties against the rail-base, the

The lock-.bars 9o The spring-'clamps clamps being secured by the engagement of 7c, in combination with rails laid in continutheir detents with ihe ratchet-teeth of the ous lines for fastening the rails to the ties,

100k-bars. substantially as set forth. I claim* JOSEPH B. MORRIS. 5 The metallic tie a, provided with lugs b Witnesses:

and mortised dovetails c, the sh-plates g, J. E. SHAW,

the rateheted lock-bars and spring-clamps S. WARD. 

